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SOLDERING IRON.

No. 249,051. Patented Nov. 1,1881.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OEErcE.

JAMES HUGHES, OF SPENCER, MASSACHUSETTS, AND THOMAS H. HUGHES,

OF SAXTONS RIVER, VERMONT.

SOLDERlNG-IRON.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 249,051, dated November 1, 1881.

Application filed September 2, 1881. (No model.)

1 all whom it may concern Be it known that we, JAMES IlUGnEs, of Spencer, in the county of Worcester and State of Massachusetts, and Tnomts H. HUGHES,

of Saxtous River, in the county of Windham and State of Vermont, have invented anew and useful Improvement in Soldering-Irons, of

which the following is a full, clear, and exact.

specification.

The object of our invention is to provide for ready and convenient adjustment of the coppers of soldering-irons on their handles, and also for keeping the handles cool.

Reference is to be had to the accompany ing 1 drawings,forming part of this specification, in

which similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure l is a side view of our improved soldering-iron handles in an open position. Fig.

2 is a side view of the copper. Fig. 3 is a side view, showing the handles closed and the copper attached. Fig. 4; is a cross-section on line as w of Fig. l,and Fig. 5 showsa modified form which I prefer for wooden handles.

A A are the two portions of the handles, pivoted together at a to form thejaws b b. On the inner face of each jaw is a pin or lug, c.

B is the copper, of suitable form, formed with a cross-aperture, d, at the inner end,into which 0 aperture the pins 0 of the jaws enter when the handle is closed.

The portions A A of the handle are formed of malleable iron, and their outer ends are enlarged to form a bulb, 6. They are also cored 5 out at the inner side, so as to form a hollow handle. The bulb portion has numerous perforations, which allow circulation of air to keep the handle 0001.

they are retained together by grasp of the hand. With this construction, the handles can be removed from the copper while it is being heated, and heating of the handle thus prevented. To grasp and hold the copper the jaws are closed upon it. Thecopper is retained by the pins, and may therefore be turned at the desired angle before being clamped tightly by the jaws, and the angle readily changed while the tool is in use.

In using wooden handles in place of the 1101- low bulbs, we provide a ring on the shank portion, as shown at c in Fig. 5, which, when slid outward, serves to hold the jaws closed.

Having thus fully described our invention, we claim as new and desire to secure by Let- 6o ters Patent- A soldering-iron consisting of two cross-pivoted levers having jaws b b, with pins 0 c on the opposite faces of their short arms, and long arms or handles A A, correspondingly cored out, provided with perforated enlarged ends, and having reverse ratchetsff on the inside, as shown and described. 7

JAMES HUGHES. THOMAS H. HUGHES. Witnesses as to signature of J. Hughes:

0. M. BREIN, GEo. H. MARSH. Vitnesses as to signature of T. H. Hughes:

F. B. LOCKE, O. E. Oseoon. 

